Garment-supporter



(No Model.)

B. PIOKHARDT.

GARMENT SUPPORTBR.

No. 392,634. Patented Nov. 13, 188-8.

UNITED STATES PATENT tries,

EMILE PIGKHARDT, OF ISLINGTON, ll'IASSACHUSETT-S.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,634, dated November 13, 1888.

Application filed April 24, 1898. Serial No. 271,666. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMILE PIOKHARDT, of Islington, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Stocking-Supporters, ofwhich the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing likeparts.

This invention relates to stockingsupporters especially adapted to be worn by gentlemen, and it has for its object to provide a stockingsupporter adapted to be used to support short hose or socks, such as ordinarily worn by gentlemen, and equally well adapted to support long hose, such as worn by bicycle-riders, athletes, and persons wearing knickerbockers or knee-pants.

In accordance with my invention I secure to one end of a band or web a pin-clasp slide and to the other end of the said band or web a clasp or attachment to engage the stocking to be supported. The pin-clasp slide referred to consists, essentially, of a frame, preferably of metal, and herein shown as a ring havinga pin or pins pivotally connected thereto and adapted to extend across said ring in the direction of thelength of the web and be locked in position to form the pin-clasp slide,through which the band or web may be passed, as will be described. The clasp or attachment at the opposite end of the web or band may be of any desired form; but preferably I shall employ a self-locking pivoted clasp, as will be hereinafter described.

My invention therefore consists, essentially, in a combination,with a web or band adapted to be secured at one end to the stocking to be supported, of a pin-clasp slide secured to the opposite end of the said band or web and con sisting, essentially, of a frame having an opening and a pin pivotally secured thereto and em tended across said opening in the direction of the length. of the web, a lock for said pin, and a clasp or attachment permanently attached or secured to the opposite end of the said web and adapted to engage the stocking, substantially as will be described.

Other features of my invention will be pointed out inthe claims at the. end of this specification.

Figure 1 shows my improved stockingsupporter as adapted to support a short hose or sock. Fig. 2 represents the stocking-supporter as used to support long hose, as bicycle-hose. Fig. 8 shows the pin of the pin-clasp slide as inserted through the garment. Fig. 4 shows the pin-clasp slide as engaging a button on a garment. Fig. is a side elevation of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a dctail of my improved sclflocking clasp; Fig. 7, a detail to be referred to, and Fig. 8 a side elevation of Fig. 6.

The band or web a, preferably elastic, has secured to it at one end my improved pin-clasp slide, consisting, essentially, of a frame,(( preferably of sheet metal, and herein shown as a ring, having the projecting portion or neck a" provided with the usual slot, through which the web or band is passed to secure the pinclasp slide to the said web. The ring a has pivotally connected to it, as herein shown, a double or bent piuinserted through an ear,a" (see Fig. 3,) and having its arms a extended across the said ring in the direction of the length of the web a and engaged or looked, as shown in Fig. 4, by cars or lugs a. on the neck a". v

The web or band a, as shown, has secured to its opposite end a clasp or attachn1cnt,pre1' erably a self-locking clasp, the clasp as herein shown consisting, essentially, of two parts, I) I), pivoted together, as at 11*, and separated, as shown in Fig. 8, by a washer, b. The part Z) of the self-locking clasp is provided with a lip or flange, 1;, preferably made eccentric to the pivot b and the part I) has a similar lip or flange, If, turned in an opposite direction to the flange or lip b" and also eccentric to the pivot I), the flange I) nipping the stocking between it and the flange or lip bi, the said flanges approaching each other in a lateral di rection when the clasp is closed. To prevent the ends of the flanges on the parts I) b of the clasp from catching or striking when the said. clasp is being closed, also to avoid injury to the fabric of the stocking by being caught by abrupt or sharp corners on the said flanges, and, further, to obtain an increasing or nipping action betwcen the approaching flanges as the clasp is being closed, either or both flanges may be made with beveled or slanting edges or ends, as shown in Fig. 7. The part b is provided, as shown, with one or more indentations or recesses, into which enters the projecting end 0 of the part b when the clasp is closed, the said indentation and projecting end forming the locking device for the clasp. The washer b in practice acts to separate the parts, so as to allow more space between the partsb b for the fabric, and also to obtain a freer action of the said parts.

As shown in Fig. 1, my improved stockingsupporter is adapted to support a short hose or sock usually worn by gentlemen, the web or band a encircling the limb and being passed through the pin-clasp slide between the pins and the ring, the said pins being first disengaged from the lugs or ears, and after the web has been placed in position again engaged therewith, which the said pins are enabled to do by reason of being extended across the frame in the direction of the length of the web. The web or band is held between the pins and ring sufficiently tight to maintain it in the desired or adjusted position-that is, the said web or band is prevented from slipping for ward or backward; but at the same time the web or band is not gripped or held between the said pins and ring with such force as to prevent it being readily drawn forward or backward to adjust it to the limb of the wearer.

As shown in Fig. 1 the supporter is designed to be used to support short hose or socks; but, if desired, the same supporter may be used to sustain long hose, such as worn by bicycleriders, athletes, and persons wearing knickerbockers or knee-pants, as shown in Fig. 2. \Vhen used to support long hose, the upper portion of the band or web may be secured to the trousers or pants, or to the blouse or other like part of the wearing-apparel, by engaging the pin clasp slide with a button on the blouse or trousers, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the clasp or catch at the lower portion of the web being secured to the hose, the latter being clamped between the flanges b b on the parts b b of the said clasp. if the button on the trousers or blouse or other garment becomes detached therefrom, the upper portion of the web may still be secured to the said garment by inserting the pins a through it and looking them in the lugs or cars (H, as shown in Fig. 8.

' other application, Serial No. 280, 710, filed July I claim 1. In a stocking-supporter, the combination, with a web or band and a pin-clasp slide secured at one end thereof and consisting, essentially, ofaframe, a, having an opening through which a button is adapted to be passed, and a pin pivotally secured thereto, and a lock for said pin, ofa clasp or attachment permanently attached or secured to the opposite end of the said web and adapted to engage .the stocking, substantially as described.

2. In a stocking-supporter, the combination, with a web or band and a pinclasp slide secured at one end thereof and consisting, essentially, of a frame having an opening through which a button is adapted to be passed, and a pin pivotally secured thereto, and a lock for said pin, of a self-locking clasp or attachment secured to the opposite end of the said web and adapted to engage the stocking, substantially as described.

3. In astocking supporter, the combination, with a web or band and a pin-clasp slide se cured at one end thereof and consisting of a frame, a, having an opening through which a button is adapted to be passed, and a pin pivotally secured thereto, and a lock for said pin, of a self-locking clasp consisting, essentially, of parts I) b, pivoted together and provided with flanges or lips eccentric to said pivot, and a lock for said clasp, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMILE PIOKHARDT.

Vitnesses:

JAS. H. CHURCHILL, F. L. EMERY. 

